Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1989

Certain claims.

2.—(1) A person who, on or after the 9th day of May, 1989, claims or has claimed, in respect of a period before the passing of this Act, unemployment assistance of an amount to which he would not be entitled if section 12 were applicable shall be entitled to be paid such assistance only in accordance with section 12.

(2) (a) A person who has not, before the 9th day of May, 1989, specifically claimed, in respect of a period before the passing of this Act, any additional amount for unemployment assistance being an amount to which he would not be entitled if section 12 were applicable shall not be entitled to be paid the additional amount.

(b) In paragraph (a) of this subsection “claimed” means claimed in writing from the Minister or claimed in proceedings instituted against the Minister in any court.

(3) In this section “section 12” means subsections (1), (4), (5) and (6) of section 12 (as amended by this Act) of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 .